LIBRARIES: Please don’t shutter this resource
As a returning native resident to North Idaho, 2017, I was so thrilled to discover such a vibrant wonderful community library system. After spending 30 years in a small community, Buhl, Idaho, and as a high school librarian and occasional helper for the public library, I know how valuable libraries are to small communities. We offered training classes helping senior citizens learn how to use a mouse, how to open email and how to see those valuable pictures of precious grandbabies. We also introduced students to basic computer programming. We offered a safe place for anyone who needed a safe cool/warm place to be. A kind friendly face, a clean restroom. We offered community-led book talks, cooking classes, craft and hobby classes and yes teen groups.
Losing Katie Blank is a tragedy.
I was appalled when I read that a board member had never used a public library and had no knowledge of what they offered to the community. What business would this person have running for a community library board position? I assumed they were interested in learning. I am disheartened this does not appear to be the case.
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